Narrow hedge -- sky pencil holly or blue arrow juniper?

[Anonymous]

Or something I don't know about?

It's a small townhouse garden, hedge will be to create a "garden room" to line a patio for privacy.

I want evergreen and ideally I could grow SOMETHING hardy underneath it on the other side.

Any suggestions? Votes for 1 or the other?

[Anonymous]

For privacy hedge, i would vote for #1 because it looks wider.

The foliage color is beautiful #2

Great choices

[Anonymous]

Both look nice
Is also consider an everren vine if there is one

[Anonymous]

I have sky pencil Holly. It grows slowly. I also had to cut out some diseased branches from the center but they have bounced back. Just know that when planting en masse like this, you will not have that perfectly uniformed look like you see in magazines. Nature does its own thing, especially if you can’t afford a personal gardener. It takes years of maturing to get the look you want.

[Anonymous]

One thing about the blue arrow juniper, it really needs sun. If you have any shade, forget it. It will most likely die.

[Anonymous]

If you are really committed to a row of identical plants, consider planting a few more elsewhere as backups. No guarantee you will be able to transplant them successfully, but it’s still better than nothing.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this is possible where you are, but I put up a nice looking trellis and it’s been doing great as a privacy screen with Star jasmine, the hardiest variety. It’s pretty evergreen and it smells divine when it’s blooming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For privacy hedge, i would vote for #1 because it looks wider.

The foliage color is beautiful #2

Great choices

Thanks, I like both but especially drawn to the bluish color of the juniper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are really committed to a row of identical plants, consider planting a few more elsewhere as backups. No guarantee you will be able to transplant them successfully, but it’s still better than nothing.

Good call! I'm sure I can find a place for a back up somewhere, even though its a pretty small yard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thing about the blue arrow juniper, it really needs sun. If you have any shade, forget it. It will most likely die.

Hmm, doing my sun maps now but seems like 7-8 hrs